Distributed Systems Software Engineer, Python / Go

Canonical

Madison (WI)

Remote

USD 70,000 - 90,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year

Annual compensation review

Recognition rewards

Annual holiday leave

Maternity and paternity leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Travel opportunities for team events

Priority Pass for travel and upgrades

Job summary

A leading software company is seeking an Entry Level Distributed Systems Software Engineer to focus on building resilient systems and developing automated testing frameworks. This full-time position enables collaboration with globally distributed teams and requires proficiency in modern development practices including Python or Go. The company offers a remote work environment and generous learning budget.

Responsibilities

Create automated testing approaches for validating cloud orchestration tools
Enable teams to develop software with confidence via distributed system testing
Enhance CI pipelines for Canonical's cloud native products
Deploy and manage distributed systems
Monitor and report on automated testing

Skills

Modern test processes

Python development

Go development

Object oriented development

Continuous integration tools

Networking fundamentals

Linux system architecture

Abstract thinking

International travel capability

Tools

Jenkins

CircleCI

GitHub CI

OpenStack

Kubernetes

Terraform

AWS

Job description

Overview

Distributed Systems Software Engineer, Python / Go – Canonical

We are seeking a software engineer with a passion for building and validating resilient distributed systems. At Canonical you can build a career and drive the success of those leveraging Canonical's Ubuntu and Juju to build multi-cloud deployable cloud applications.

We see quality engineering as a first class engineering practice and are looking for people who can bring deep engineering insights and a data driven approach to test automation, reporting and data analytics. The Distributed Systems testing team at Canonical is responsible for ensuring the high quality of Canonical's Cloud solutions based on Juju, Terraform, OpenStack, Kubernetes when deployed under highly diverse conditions, from bare metal in customer data centers to public clouds like AWS, GCE, Azure.

Location: Globally remote role

What your day will look like

Create automated testing approaches and infrastructure for validating reliability, performance, and resilience of cloud orchestration tools and applications
Enable engineering teams across Canonical to develop software with confidence by making distributed system testing tooling available across the company
Enhance continuous integration pipelines for deploying and testing Canonical's cloud native products such as Kubeflow
Deploy, manage, and debug highly distributed systems
Monitor and report on automated testing efforts
Collaborate daily with a globally distributed team

What we are looking for in you

Solid background in modern test processes and strategies
Experience with Python or Go development
Strong object oriented development skills
Ability to develop and ship production grade modern web applications
Working knowledge of continuous integration tools such as Jenkins, CircleCI, GitHub CI
Knowledge of networking technologies and fundamentals
Solid understanding of Linux system architecture
A capacity for complex abstract thinking
Capability for 2-4 weeks of international travel per year

Additional skills that you might also bring

Collecting and analyzing large multidimensional datasets
Operating data platforms: key-value stores, relational or document databases, event buses
Work with cloud technologies such as OpenStack, Kubernetes, Terraform and AWS
Developing AI/ML pipelines

What we offer you

We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognise outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus. We provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.

Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person - we\'ve been working remotely since 2004!
Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
Annual compensation review
Recognition rewards
Annual holiday leave
Maternity and paternity leave
Employee Assistance Programme
Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues from your team and others
Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events

Canonical believes a diverse workforce enhances our ability to deliver world class software and services which meet the world's computing needs. We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

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